Stones gig cancelled after L’Wren Scott death
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THE Rolling Stones cancelled a concert in Australia, leaving their “Down Under” tour in limbo yesterday, after lead singer Mick Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott was found dead in her Manhattan apartment.
Scott, a fashion designer and former model, was found hanging from a scarf on Monday, police said, adding they were treating her death as suicide.
Jagger, 70, said through a spokesperson he was “completely shocked and devastated.”
News of Scott’s death stunned friends, clients and fellow designers. Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, a friend of 25 years, was “heartbroken and in shock right now,” her spokeswoman said.
The Rolling Stones had been due to kick off a six-concert Australia and New Zealand leg of their world tour today in Perth in western Australia. But the group’s Australian publicist yesterday said the concert would not be going ahead.
Scott and Jagger had been dating since 2001 and were often seen at events, with the 1.91-meter tall former model towering over her boyfriend.
Scott became one of New York’s most famous designers in the past decade and was known for her slim-fitting dresses.
“L’Wren was a total perfectionist, someone who absolutely embodied everything her marvellous clothes stood for: strength of character combined with a confident and powerful style,” long-time Vogue editor Anna Wintour wrote.
Her company, though, was making losses. Accounts filed with Britain’s Companies House last October show that Scott’s LS Fashion Ltd ran a loss of 4.3 million euros ($5.99 million) in 2012, up from 3.0 million euros the year before.
A publicist for Jagger said a New York Post story about a split was “100 percent untrue” and “a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for Mick.”
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